Do you consider yourself...

[Ballerina]

...well, weird!? Well, I do, and I don't mind it at all. I feel that we're outside of the "normal" boundaries for what a man (well, even humanity) should be like. I don't mind being playfully called weird, odd, or sometimes even freak. I accept that we don't follow the average statistics for men, and I'm proud of it. I guess in a roundabout way, do you laugh at/find humor in yourself for being TG/CD/TS?

[Rachel Welsley]

being born to re-creationist parents cursed me to a doomed life of dressing in funny clothes & killing my friends on the weekends. So I actually take the words strange, unusual, weird etc. as compliments. It's being called normal that I consider insulting because that means I'm just like everyone else.

[avril findlay]

I suppose when I thought I was the only boy in the world (I'm not kidding) who liked dressing as a girl I considered myself very weird indeed. But with experience of course I now know there's nothing odd or weird about me. I'm just a MTF crossdresser like thousands of others. No oddness or weirdness involved.

[DanaR]

Earlier in my life I was always scared that people would find out about me and laugh. Then I realized that I’m a nice person and if someone has a problem with me; it is their problem. I’ve never laughed at people because they are different. I have always tried to be considerate and caring of others.

[Sammy777]

I'm weird in general, but in a good way, lol.
This only stacks up as a quark at best.

In fact if I save up 4 more quarks I get a free upgrade to a quagmire. lol

Being on the fringe / outer edge of what the whole considers "normal" gives you great seats to the show inside.

Quotes to remember:
Remember, no matter where you go, there you are.
&
If you think your thinking outside of the box, your not.

[Bethany_Anne_Fae]

Ohhhhhh without a doubt I am definitely in the weird category, but in a good way AND in good company!

*hugs*

Zara

[Deborah Jane]

I think the rest of humanity is weird
We,re actually normal, it,s everyone else who,s screwed up :p

[Kelsy]

Wierd?? And normal is??? if comformity means normal Ill pass! I prefer the terms unique or extraordinary!!:D

Kelsy:battingeyelashes:

[battybattybats]

In my experience most weird people are good people.

Because if someone really is out to hurt people then its best to blend in and seem normal.

And weird people are more often likely to be tolerant, accepting and welcoming of diversity and people being themselves.

But among the 'normal' people theres more of the fear of the different, the pressure to hide the slightest deviations, the condemning others so they themselves suffer less susspicion and the frequent judging of others.

Now thats not all 'normal' people and certanly not all 'weird' people are good, but in my experience thats the way it very often turns out.

[Suzie S.]

Hey, being a crossdresser is one of the least weird things about me. It's no fun being normal! :devil:

[Miss Tessa]

Yes I consider myself weird.Only in good way though

[Raychel]

I personally don't consider myself wierd, But I have been told by many people that I was. So maybe there is some truth to it.

Just recently all dressed up for Halloween and both my kids said I was wierd.

Oh well, I am what I am.

[Maria2222]

Shoot, I've even called me weird. On the other hand, you can't change something that was born into you. It's like instinct, it won't go away.
As for laughing at myself. A person has a sad life if they can't laugh at themselves once in a while. Laughing at others, in a friendly way, is fun too. Too many CD's are way to serious.
:)

[Angie G]

No I don't I'm just different then others.:hugs:
Angie

[Emma26]

Of course, I do. I also consider myself a mistake.

[Sherry-Stephanie]

Wierd is only a preception and depending on where you "stand " something is going to look weird to you as well as weird to every other person on this planet past present and future.....

Look at it this way.....

With everything in this world there is an opposite to it....

Black - white

Up - down

Hot - cold

inside - outside

hetrosexual - homosexual

male - female

love - hate

fast - slow

see where where I'm going with this???? So depending on where you stand, something will appear different to you and depending on how that difference is perceived it may even appear to be "weird"....

Now I'll focus on the hetrosexual - homosexual side of things since that will garner more "weirdness" than some of the other non-controversial points... I mean how weird is black - white???

Ask a straight person if two males or two females getting it on is "normal" or "weird"???? I think we both know that answer....both sides are going to say the other is weird....and neither would want or accept the other stand or point of view or even their lifestyle now would they????....As a life style they'd be more likely not willing to achieve or embrace it and reject it by labeling it as "weird" and they are not weird.

So what about a person who can accept and embrace both sides of these opposites? Is he weird or is he (or she) a person who can embrace these "opposites" and be truly comfortable with both extremes and in being able to do so, what does it make him or her???? balenced???? "enlightened"? able to transcend the "normal"????? I tend to embrace the ability to be "enlightened" as a defining position....anytime we can embrace those areas that are so stronly controversial and in doing so become balenced then it generally takes an enlightening process to achieve this level of awareness....

Now most won't see it this way most won't say your absolutly correct and that should be the case because if everyne thought this way it would be normal and everyone would be doing....so for us to embrace the "femme" and dress as a female isn't the normal or everyone would be doing it...it's jsut that we're above the normal and to those of us who can do it we're enlightened..to those who can't we're veiwed as "weird" because they can't understand how we can do this...thus they are not enlightened as we are....it all depends where you stand now doesn't it?????

[Clara]

Well, I guess it is a bit weird: grown up men dressed as women adopting female nicknames, chatting about dresses, makeup,... :)But, hey we like it!

[Jemanda]

I consider myself to be eccentric.... very eccentric. In an odd way. In fact I pride myself on being eccentric, odd, strange and downright wierd. What is one more odd activity between friends anyway?

[Paula G]

I don't see myself as weird. I see myself as someone with a unique view of myself and the world around me. I also don't worry about what others say about me anymore, they're entitled to their opinions just like me.

[Karren H]

Nope.... I'm the most normal person I know!!! :)

[Susan Watersfield]

I'm told there are some guys out there who have no desire to dress as a woman :eek:

Now THAT'S wierd :) :) :)

Luv

Susan

[LilSissyStevie]

Wierd? Yes, just like everybody else.
:love:

[StaceyJane]

I feel perfectly normal. Everything I do makes sense to me. But I do understand how others might see me as weird so I stay in the closet.

[insearchofme]

I find it ironic that I am a crossdresser. I mean there are a ton of other guys who would make great CDs but no I got "picked".

I'm 6'2" 225 lbs, muscular, deep voiced, I love to work out and am very muscular for my age and very athletic. I love all the guy things and am considered by my friends to be very manly.

I think it is funny that a guy like me loves to dress as a woman, loves being femme and really does enjoy all his sisters here at the forum and wishes he could meet all of them.

I think it is ironic that a guy like me wouldn't trade his femme self for all the money in the world!

Hugs to all like me!

[Billie_P]

Everybody else is weird.

[MJ]

I think the rest of humanity is weird
We,re actually normal, it,s everyone else who,s screwed up :p

whats Normal i consider myself Abby normal .. if you don't get it thats abnormal :heehee:

[PamelaTX]

I don't think I'm weird, but I've come to accept that everyone else thinks I am. It was quite a revelation, back in college, when one of my best friends told me that everyone thought I was weird. (It all started with the paper plate that I ate in the school cafeteria back in 7th grade. Eat one paper plate, and you're branded for life!) :)

Over the years I've had quite a bit of fun with it. It's so easy to freak people out by doing odd, harmless things. People's reactions are so out of proportion to what you're doing that it's hillarious to watch. (Try sitting alone in McDonald's singing at the top of your lungs and you'll see what I mean.)

Yes, crossdressing is weird, but so are thousands of other odd, harmless things. As far as I'm concerned it's one of the most normal things I do.

[lynn2c]

Normal is a town in Illinois and I don't wanna go there
I'm weird and proud.
I like the fact that I"m the werid guy down at the end of the street. Makes me smile and my neighbors don't borrow things.

[charlie]

I often go to nightclubs when dressed. Just this weekend I had a guy come over to my table and introduce himself and ask if he could sit down. We talked and had a few drinks together. He told me that he scaned the place and immediately came to my table because I looked "interestiing". I'll take that as weird. Another night I was seated seeing a show on a couch. A 20's something GG came and joined me. She is a teacher in the Phoenix area. We talked. She thought I had a great look and thought I looked good in my outfit. Sort of like a "well dressed Mom" she said. However, she told me I looked very pretty. She joined me to talk about my look. The same noght a full Major General in full Army uniform came overf and told me that he likede my look, but I was not his type. He liked TG that had higher heels (I don't go above 4") and shorter skirts! He bought me a drink anyway. I stand out. I'm different then the other patrons at a nightclub. Another thing, YES, I feel it. I have fun, but am not just another face in the crowd. We are socially different and looked at differently from any other group.

[jazmine]

Yeah.........and I love it! Just today my wife told me her brother thought that I had a lot of weird stuff on my MYspace page. That page is representational of my guy-side. I thought I had some pretty normal stuff on there. I guess not. He thinks a lot of it is weird. So I guess I am weird. I remember a girl signing my yearbook in 7th grade, "To a weird,but nice guy".
I wrote in her's: "Jenny, You're smart, funny, and beautiful. It was an honor to goto school with you over the past year. And just so you know, just because my nipples don't get hard over football, that doesn't make me weird. Always stay sweet, the weirdo

You always gotta be able to laugh and find humor in yourself. "Weird" helps me do this.

[deja true]

Yeah, I'm weird...and proud of it! I'm the one that says outrageous things to strangers, usually with a little smile...

I'm the one who collects bones and shells and feathers and rocks...

I'm the loose cannon at work who doesn't always agree with the boss, but I'm also the one that comes up with new ideas and ways to get thing done.

Yeah, I'm weird...but people I know seem to appreciate it...

[Cassy11]

I don't think I'm weird. I just love to wear lovely and comfortable clothes. Ask the same question to someone who paints their body and goes shirtless to a football game in freezing weather, or wears cheese hats.

[Jeannie]

Would somebody tell me what "NORMAL" is?

Jeannie

[ElaineB]

I am weird. I knew I was weird years ago. I am happy being weird, and most people seem to prefer me that way.

[Tess]

I could use a bit more weirdness...then maybe I wouldn't be so deeply in the closet.

[docrobbysherry]

"skilled in witchcraft, unearthly, mysterious, odd, and very queer."
And all u folks think you're all that? Ok, if u say so!:eek:

I've never thot of myself as weird! Eccentric maybe, and definitely different, but NEVER weird! Until I came here, and found my sister CDs. Apparently,

ONLY HERE AM I CONSIDERED WEIRD!:devil:

[Celeste]

No I'm not weird but not your average guy, I like my differences, they make me happy,but never weird.

[trannie T]

I am a man who enjoys wearing women's clothing. Most men seek pleasure in other areas. I differ from most other people, if that makes me weird, so be it. I dress to fill an inner need, I am able to laugh at most areas of my life, crossdresing is no different.

[Ballerina]

Haha, glad to hear that everyone is like me and just keeps a good sense of humor about not being your "average Joe". :D

[Alice Torn]

Always was odd, strange, eccentric, ,then dressing made me more unusual, abnormal, as well as being old dysfunctional bachelor. Went out alone, for first time in 3 yrs, poked fun at myself, witjh girl cashiers- was fun! Dysfunctional, is in the eye of The Beholder!

[Samantha Kelsey]

Yes Im wiered only I spell it as follows
D. I. F. F. E. R. E. N. T

[sometimes_miss]

Well, I have about zero self esteem right now, so, I don't have any desire to be considered strange in any way, but I really don't have that choice now, do I? So, I stay in my closet. I haven't ever been able to laugh at my situation in life regarding the crossdressing; it's part of every screwed up part of my life. The best description I came up with is, I'm like those dented cans without labels in the discount wagon at the supermarket. You know there's something wrong with it, but you have no idea what it is, or whether what's inside is good or not. But you know you can get it cheap. Weird? Yeah, I guess so. Because that's how we have to interpret how the rest of society sees, and treats us.

[renee k]

Well maybe alittle different, but not weird. To me this is ( dressing ) just a normal part of me.

Huggs, Renee

[Diane Smith]

I don't know any "normal" people at all. I certainly hope I'm not one of them, either!

- Diane

[PamelaTX]

Well, I have about zero self esteem right now, so, I don't have any desire to be considered strange in any way, but I really don't have that choice now, do I? So, I stay in my closet. I haven't ever been able to laugh at my situation in life regarding the crossdressing; it's part of every screwed up part of my life. The best description I came up with is, I'm like those dented cans without labels in the discount wagon at the supermarket. You know there's something wrong with it, but you have no idea what it is, or whether what's inside is good or not. But you know you can get it cheap. Weird? Yeah, I guess so. Because that's how we have to interpret how the rest of society sees, and treats us.

Well, it's time to stop thinking like that, dear. Your crossdressing doesn't make you worse than other people, it's a special gift that you should be proud of. If "society" doesn't agree, ignore it. "Society" has a lot of screwed-up ideas about a lot of things.

It's OK to be weird. Weird is good.

[tamarav]

I have to laugh. My Marine Son was here with a Marine buddy a few weeks ago. They stayed in my office/dressing room/computer room. When the buddy saw thirty styled wigs on heads on shelves and various makeup cases and heels and stuff he asked what it was for. My Son, who has known about me since he was 4 remarked, Oh Dad is just a bit different. Then he showed him my web site and the buddy remarked, "Damn, and he can fix cars too!"

So I guess I am wierd in a good way...

Tami

[Farrah]

I suppose when I thought I was the only boy in the world (I'm not kidding) who liked dressing as a girl I considered myself very weird indeed. But with experience of course I now know there's nothing odd or weird about me. I'm just a MTF crossdresser like thousands of others. No oddness or weirdness involved.

Oh yes, I always thought I was the only boy that wanted to dress. I would ask myself sometimes, "What are you doing?" "YOu're a boy."

[Carol Crossdress]

I only think of myself as wierd when I get into those moods when I wonder why I like to dress up so much. I do think most people think it's not "normal" for a man to want to dress up in women's clothes but my wife is OK with it and that's all I am really worried about.

[Chrissy8888]

I consider my self as weird or as normal as the next person. Cross dressing is just part of who I am. On TV you here about sociaty norms. Well those are based on what people proclaim but none of us truly knows what goes on behind closed doors. I think the truth be known all of us are quite strange and perfectly normal all rolled into one person. That is what makes us human.

[Jonianne]

What is "normal"? Being cookie-cutter just like everyone else?

If being an individual, being myself, being different is called weird, then so be it!

[carolinewalker_2000]

In the days before the Internet introduced me to all the wonderful sisters out there across the world, I felt very lonely, confused and, yes, "wierd". Thank goodness for modern technology - (...and I never thought I would be writing that!!!)